Sunday, August 1, 2010

Deeply Textured Hat free pattern, and other mutterings

Hello fellow bloggers! Anyone miss me? It's been 2.5 looooong months since I've posted here. Lots has happened, but of course, the biggest change has been moving into our new house. I just love it! And I really love this town. I have been working so hard on this house; painting, painting and more painting. All 1851 square feet of this house has been painted by me...14 ft ceilings and all! Quite proud of myself actually. I've only smudged paint onto the ceiling once or twice (per room)...

But let's not think it's been all work and no play for this lady. Oh no. I've been crocheting up a STORM! I promised my sweet hubby that I would blow through my stash before buying any more yarn, and until today, I've stuck to that promise. Do you know how hard it's been to refrain from random yarn purchases? I mean, really, the ads come out every Sunday and Wednesday, taunting me with the deals of the week. But I've resisted. Until today that is. However, I only bought one ball of yarn and I really NEEEEEEEEEDED it (for a project to be named at a further date). So that's not really breaking a promise, is it? LOL

I am still super into Tunisian crochet. In fact, I am putting the finishing touches on my very first "for sale" pattern! Just thought I would try my hand at it. Worst that can happen is no one likes it! LOL Anyway, it's a bag, well, two bags actually, and I am hoping to post it in the next day or two.

But for now, as a welcome back to me present (from the land of painters tape, rollers, and ah...crap, I spilled paint on the floor debacles) I am pleased to give everyone a free pattern! This is regular crochet, so no fear, ok?!

Deeply Textured Hatheavy ww yarn (aran yarn)/ J hook**Gauge is not particularly important as I think it should fit just about any adult. However, my gauge on this hat was 2 row heights = 1" **

Round 1: Ch 4, 11 dc into 4th ch from hook (12 dc)R2: Ch 3 (counts as dc from here out), dc into same st, 2 dc into next st and each st around. (24 dc)R3: Repeat R2 (48 dc)R4: Ch 3, dc into same st, dc next 3 st. *2 dc next st, dc next 3 st* Repeat from * to end. (60 dc)R5: Ch 3, fptc around same st, *dc next st, fptc next st* Repeat from * to end. (30 dc, 30 fptc). After joining the round, sl st to the next st.R6: Ch 3, fptc around first dc from previous round, *dc into fptc from previous round, fptc next* Repeat from * to end.R7: Repeat R6 until you reach your desired length. Finish with one round sc in each st.

FYI: I have a total of 14 rows = 7".

Feel free to destash some of your scrap yarn by adding a stripe or two. On the gray version I created a whole round in the green, and one row sc. On the brown version, I just did the sc round in blue. I only had the tiniest bit of that blue in my stash, and now it's gone!

Another note - if you choose to use a lighter weight worsted yarn, you may want to increase your crown stitch count to 72, depending on how tightly you crochet.

Well, hope you enjoy! Can't wait to see how it turns out for everyone!

53 comments:

Today I was lucky enough to see this textured hat in person from the crochet artist herself.I can tell you that this hat is brilliantly beautiful. So all of your crocheter's, break out your yarn, your in for a lovely ride with this one. It comes out beautiful.

I have made a couple of these hats, and I love them! Thanks for the pattern! There's a picture of one here: http://allicrafts.blogspot.com/2011/01/recent-makes.html?showComment=1296100624717#c3707860180611650677

Not sure what I'm doing wrong with this pattern but I keep getting 61 stitches once I reach the 5th round which includes the ch3 as first dc. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I must have done this 12 times already and it's such a nice design I just don't want to give up on it. Any help would be appreciated.

John, in row 4 she says to fpdc around the same st, but that adds a st. Just keep your ch3s as a seam up the back and your stitch count will stay the same, and you can't really notice it when the hat is done.

This was a fantastic pattern, easy to follow and quick to work up. It came together beautifully and I gave it to a friend for his birthday. He truly loved it. Thank you for sharing this pattern. Pictures of it on a (smallish) mannequin head are up at http://thisisastitchup.tumblr.com/post/13147450089/a-unisex-heavily-textured-hat-made-as-a-birthday

I'm confused... When you fptc, dc; do you fptc around the post and then dc into the space right beside it or the next one? Because wouldn't dc into the space right beside cause for double the stitches?

Thanks Amy but im still not sure about how you do round 5 when you first start the fptc. So you fptc around the same st as the ch 3, but then do you dc in the gap right beside the post you just fptc? Or do you got to the next one? Because if you were to go into the one right next to it and keep doing that all the way around, your stitches would double wouldn't they?

Ah, I think I understand your confusion now. When it says (fptc next, dc next) it means to make the stitches in succession. On round 5 there are no more increases so you will have an fptc on one stitch and a dc in the next.

I am attempting this pattern for the first time, and for some reason keep coming up with a "ruffled" look heading into row 5. I also keep ending up needing more stitches than called for to finish out the round. Any ideas where I'm going wrong? I'm counting my stitches, and have re-checked my counts, but still come up short. Thank you!

I apologize for not replying earlier...somehow I missed this one! The ruffled look will probably go away after another couple of rounds. That happens often when you make lots of increases in just a few rounds. After the hat takes shape, the ruffly appearance will vanish.

As for the fewer stitches...can you tell me how many you are getting at the end of each round? Maybe that will help give me an idea as to the problem round.

I attempted this using a medium acrylic yarn. It did not turn out very well. I am making it for a man but it ended up being for a giant haha. I guess I should have used a smaller needle and I crochet loose. It looks like an giant acorn sitting on top of my boyfriends head! I still like the stitch though and will probably make something else with it!

I just finished this pattern and it turned out really nice. I'm giving it to my dad for Christmas. I used a size K hook and it worked fine (I don't have a J yet and was too lazy/too eager to start this hat to go buy one).

Thanks for the awesome pattern. Masculine hat patterns are hard to find and this one is great.

I just finished making a version of this hat. I wanted to make it for our daughter (4 years old) so I used fingering weight sock yarn and a 3.75 mm (F) crochet hook. I increased the top of the hat to 72 stitches and then did 10 rounds of the texture stitch. It looks amazing and given that it just barely fits over my head, should fit our girly for a long time. :)

I probably could have gotten away with not doing that extra round of increases but I wasn't sure enough. Now I'm thinking about making one for myself with the lightweight yarn because it looks so delicate and intricate. Thank you for sharing this pattern!

Thank you for posting this pattern! I was looking for a masculine but interesting pattern (not just single crochets all the way) and this was perfect. I used three different yarns, including a worsted which I doubled. Not quite finished but it looks great so far. Thanks again!

I'm sorry, but I'm totally confused. I'm on the row where I'm supposed to the the fptc and dc (row 5). If I do the fptc in the same post and then do the dc in the next dc space, I wind up with too many stitches. If I do the fptc in the very next post and then dc in the next dc space, I don't have enough stitches. :-( Do you have a you tube video on how to do row 5? I looked up fptc but there aren't any videos with combines fptc and dc in the same row. I'm loving the look and would LOVE to make this hat.

How many stitches do you have on Row 4? You should have 30 dc. Correct? If so, you will be doubling that stitch count on Row 5 by placing one dc in each dc around, but also making one fptc around each stitch.

I don't understand this AT ALL! Help me please!! Okay, so I have 60 dc in row 4, as per the instructions. What I don't understand is if I'm doing the fptc in the next row below it, that row has fewer stitches! So how do the stitches come out even if I'm doing every other? I'm doing the fptc in row 3, right? Or am I doing it in row 4? HELP! PLEASE! :/

Renee, not sure if you ever got your help on this hat, but in case anyone else has trouble, you will do the front post stitch into the round four stitches and then the dc on top of the fourth round stitches. I have a book with this stitch in it and just finished a scarf for my husband with it. Glad I found a hat to go with it.

I am now half way through row 6 and what will be the inside of my hat looks correct (like the pictures above). Why are the stitches looking correct on the inside of the hat and not the outside? Where did I go wrong?

Hi Amy, Thank you for the pattern, this hat was so much fun to make I love the thick texture these two simple stitches works into. Plan on making a matching scarf, with this pattern. I also added to your hat pattern a little more depth and texture. When the hat was the length I wanted I turned the hat around and worked three rows from the other side, the turn made the hat automatically turn up and made a perfect cuff! love it. Thanks again...

Onto my 4th of this lovely hat already for Xmas gifts. Last one I did a reverse single crochet for the final row, real nice masculine look...Gonna try the scarf in one large granny square (rectangle) this pattern can't be turned...

I loved making this hat, it was so much fun! I used a dk wool and forgot to increase the stitches so increased the hook size which made it s bit "gappy" but I love it. I used 3 colors which really show off the stitches, I just can't work out how to post a pic to show everyone.

I loved making this hat, it was so much fun! I used a dk wool and forgot to increase the stitches so increased the hook size which made it s bit "gappy" but I love it. I used 3 colors which really show off the stitches, I just can't work out how to post a pic to show everyone.

I loved making this hat, it was so much fun! I used a dk wool and forgot to increase the stitches so increased the hook size which made it s bit "gappy" but I love it. I used 3 colors which really show off the stitches, I just can't work out how to post a pic to show everyone.

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